Some of these buybacks are a bit silly

[Exhibitman]

They should do what they did with that T206 deal: put the card into some sort of toploader so the card is not ruined in the process. But I agree that these are a silly insert. I don't want a 1972 Topps Bryant and especially not as a chase card. That's like getting dental floss for a birthday present.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

They should do what they did with that T206 deal: put the card into some sort of toploader so the card is not ruined in the process. But I agree that these are a silly insert. I don't want a 1972 Topps Bryant and especially not as a chase card. That's like getting dental floss for a birthday present.

I like how Topps 206 and 205 did it. The Mini-Framed Relics using the same frames are really nice cards too.

Boxes without a buyback as the topper are better. It can't cost Topps any less to buy stacks of old base, ship them to the packing building, and run them through the stamper, than to just print some more posters and 5x7's.

[deweyinthehall]

I've been scouring eBay lately looking for miscuts to try to piece together older sheets, and it is simply depressing the number of these older cards that now bear the "Buy Back" stamp...all they are now is ruined.

[mrmopar]

I don't get the point of a buyback card that isn't marked in a special way to differentiate it from the same cards issued in the year they were made. Clearly some people collect them and some do not, but I'd hardly consider it ruined. Topps printed way too many cards to say stamping a handful each year has ruined them, especially when they are not pristine originals. There are plenty more unmarked cards where those came from.

Again, is a unmolested 1973 Tim Foli going to make anyone happy, pulling it from a 2023 pack? I highly doubt one single person would really care with the price of packs sitting at $3-5 and more. Because of what they have become though, I would bet multiple people would welcome a foil embossed 1973 Tim Foli from a 2023 pack.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

Topps printed way too many cards to say stamping a handful each year has ruined them, especially when they are not pristine originals. There are plenty more unmarked cards where those came from.

I agree except for print freaks like this, I wish it didn't have the stamp. I remember seeing a stamped 1978 Topps Bump Wills with the black circle print flaw that ruined the card.